Tomato foccacia


Tomato foccacia
Foccacia is an open-textured Italian bread. The French sometimes refer to it as the Italian fougasse. This version is made with preserved tomatoes, green olives and parmesan.
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Last modified on: October 24th 2017
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Resting: 2 hours 15 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 55 min.
All in all: 4 hours 55 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 1
Roughly chop 400 g green olives.

Stage 2 - 7 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 2
Cut 400 g preserved tomatoes into small pieces and add to the olives.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 3
Cut 200 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) into small dice and tip in with the tomatoes, scatter the herbes de Provence over and mix well.

Stage 4
Tomato foccacia : Stage 4
In bread-making, the water temperature is always important. It's not a fixed value, but related to 3 other temperatures: 1) the temperature of your flour, 2) the room temperature in your kitchen, and 3) the basic temperature of this recipe, which is 52-56°C.

You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 5
Put into a food mixer bowl: 900 g flour, 125 g instant mashed-potato powder, 700 ml water, 18 g salt, 25 g yeast and 200 g Soured dough.

Knead on slow speed for 10 minutes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 6
Towards the end of kneading, trickle in 75 g olive oil.

Stage 7 - 3 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 7
Finish by tipping in the olives, tomatoes and parmesan. Knead again just until these are mixed in.

Stage 8 - 1 hour 30 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 8
Gather the dough into a ball, transfer to a large bowl, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Stage 9 - 15 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 9
After this, weigh out 700g chunks and shape into balls.

Cover the dough with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 10
Flatten the dough out by hand to expel the gas...

Stage 11
Tomato foccacia : Stage 11
...then reshape into balls.

Put into bread rising baskets (bannetons).

Stage 12 - 2 hours
Tomato foccacia : Stage 12
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 2 hours.

Stage 13 - 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 13
Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F).

Slash the tops of the foccacias...

Stage 14 - 25 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 14
And bake for about 25 minutes.



Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..
Remarks
For the olive oil, you can use the oil from the tomatoes; the flavour will be even better.
Keeping: A few days.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe220 RDI=80 %970 RDI=90 %1,280 RDI=190 %8,310 RDI=420 %34,780 RDI: 420 %
Per 100 g7 RDI=3 %30 RDI=3 %40 RDI=7 %290 RDI=20 %1,220 RDI: 20 %
Per foccacias40 RDI=20 %190 RDI=20 %260 RDI=40 %1,660 RDI=80 %6,960 RDI: 80 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, leaven, milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 5 foccacias : 17.15 €
  • Per foccacias : 3.45 €

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